I see that Dremel have announced a $1,000 3D printer:
I've been wondering when 3D printing will start to become mainstream for a few years now. Not sure if this is cheap enough or good enough yet though.
Any thoughts? Would you spend that sort of money on a 3D printer?
No, Costco have one for the same sort of price. The results from these are pretty poor and require a lot of effort for a diy job.
They've been available for a couple of years from CPC and such for much less. £389
I might buy one of these
But you really want dual extruders. Its difficult to do some shapes without two types of plastic.
I'd prefer a 3 axis CNC framework which you fixed a Dremel to!
Here ya go:
Well done!
Many, many years ago I used to use a pair of Unislide single axis stepper motor slides to scan surface profiles in two dimensions. Lateral resolution 2.5 microns, vertical "noise" a fraction of a micron IIRC.
No problem. I remembered that Inventables had that sort of stuff after visiting it to check out their materials some time ago.
The big problem is not the 3D printing, it's the 3D CAD.
So you want a "thing" shaped "like this". How do you translate that into a model file you can print?
In 2D, first we had the photocopier then we had the printer. Now we have 3D printers but 3D photocopiers are some way behind.
Give people a lump of putty and most would be able to fashion something roughly what they want. Give them AutoCAD and 90% will give up trying.
Theo
Give then RHINO CAD and they will fare a lot better.
Solidworks is the nightmare. Yes, if you are designing a formula one car, and know already what shape it is to be, its fantastic,
If you don't know what shape it is to be, you might as well use a pencil.
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